Below are our rankings of America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges—our exclusive list of schools ranked according to how well they help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices. The list is created by isolating the social mobility metrics from the main rankings of four-year institutions. Click here for detailed methodology, here for all of our other rankings, and here to download the full data set.
| Rank | Name | 8-year graduation rate | Pell/non-Pell graduation rate gap | Number of Pell graduates | Actual vs. predicted Pell enrollment | Net price of attendance for families below $75,000 income | % of loan principal remaining 5 years later | Predicted principal remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berea College (KY) | 66% | -19% | 287 | 37% | 4186 | 58% | 61% |
| 2 | Simmons College of Kentucky (KY) | 23% | 44% | 1 | 20% | 5656 | N/A | 87% |
| 3 | Wade College (TX) | 61% | 100% | 22 | 6% | 17747 | 76% | 73% |
| 4 | Texas A&M International Univ. (TX)* | 52% | 4% | 672 | 12% | 3268 | 67% | 69% |
| 5 | Univ. of TX–Rio Grande Valley (TX)* | 55% | -5% | 2106 | 21% | 3281 | 67% | 72% |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University (TN) | 93% | -4% | 233 | 4% | 5741 | 41% | 41% |
| 7 | Texas A&M–College Station (TX)* | 82% | -9% | 2043 | -1% | 13547 | 42% | 50% |
| 8 | Univ. of Houston–Clear Lake (TX)* | 69% | -5% | 506 | 4% | 9278 | 68% | 69% |
| 9 | North American University (TX) | 66% | 17% | 29 | -1% | 11139 | 79% | 69% |
| 10 | Tougaloo College (MS) | 41% | 8% | 102 | 25% | 13571 | 87% | 89% |
| 11 | Baptist Univ. of the Americas (TX) | 26% | 24% | 7 | -4% | 8443 | 59% | 64% |
| 12 | Rice University (TX) | 94% | -4% | 163 | 4% | 6103 | 33% | 36% |
| 13 | Univ. of Houston–Downtown (TX)* | 43% | 4% | 1067 | 3% | 8242 | 74% | 69% |
| 14 | Grambling State University (LA)* | 45% | 10% | 399 | 22% | 17667 | 87% | 88% |
| 15 | King University (TN) | 73% | -9% | 281 | 12% | 21152 | 63% | 61% |
| 16 | Sam Houston State University (TX)* | 60% | -6% | 1214 | 1% | 11760 | 65% | 66% |
| 17 | University of Texas–El Paso (TX)* | 49% | -9% | 1841 | 20% | 8008 | 71% | 75% |
| 18 | University of Texas–Arlington (TX)* | 57% | -2% | 2197 | 5% | 12450 | 65% | 67% |
| 19 | Midwestern State University (TX)* | 51% | -8% | 278 | -6% | 8617 | 65% | 66% |
| 20 | John Brown University (AR) | 70% | -11% | 163 | 6% | 19107 | 49% | 54% |
| 21 | Rust College (MS) | 33% | 14% | 130 | 5% | 10095 | 81% | 86% |
| 22 | Texas A&M–Texarkana (TX)* | 53% | -11% | 156 | 12% | 8925 | 70% | 69% |
| 23 | Mississippi Valley State Univ. (MS)* | 54% | -1% | 1029 | 11% | 14465 | 86% | 85% |
| 24 | Northeastern State University (OK)* | 43% | -13% | 617 | 9% | 8572 | 71% | 69% |
| 25 | Alcorn State University (MS)* | 37% | 0% | 249 | 27% | 15425 | 84% | 87% |
| 26 | Texas State Univ.–San Marcos (TX)* | 61% | -10% | 2057 | -2% | 11832 | 61% | 63% |
| 27 | University of Houston–Victoria (TX)* | 53% | -6% | 220 | 1% | 8186 | 71% | 67% |
| 28 | Texas Woman's University (TX)* | 56% | -14% | 870 | 2% | 7487 | 68% | 70% |
| 29 | Bryan College (TN) | 49% | -7% | 62 | 0% | 14244 | 51% | 58% |
| 30 | Univ. of Texas–Permian Basin (TX)* | 49% | 5% | 256 | -13% | 9324 | 61% | 62% |
| 31 | University of Texas–San Antonio (TX)* | 49% | 1% | 1916 | 10% | 10330 | 65% | 64% |
| 32 | Sul Ross State University (TX)* | 37% | 1% | 212 | 4% | 11655 | 72% | 68% |
| 33 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OK) | 54% | -6% | 160 | 0% | 24000 | 59% | 64% |
| 34 | Wiley College (TX)^^ | 42% | -21% | 319 | 13% | 15729 | 86% | 84% |
| 35 | University of Texas–Tyler (TX)* | 54% | -5% | 410 | 3% | 9239 | 62% | 64% |
| 36 | East Central University (OK)* | 40% | -11% | 252 | 3% | 8905 | 71% | 70% |
| 37 | Northwestern OK State Univ. (OK)* | 31% | -4% | 113 | -2% | 8577 | 59% | 66% |
| 38 | Tennessee Wesleyan University (TN) | 55% | -13% | 91 | 8% | 10851 | 62% | 57% |
| 39 | Milligan University (TN) | 67% | -2% | 85 | 5% | 17955 | 54% | 53% |
| 40 | West Texas A&M University (TX)* | 52% | -12% | 545 | 7% | 11025 | 65% | 61% |
| 41 | Alice Lloyd College (KY) | 35% | 16% | 46 | 0% | 13558 | 68% | 59% |
| 42 | University of the Cumberlands (KY) | 63% | -12% | 528 | 1% | 14758 | 65% | 62% |
| 43 | Southwestern Adventist Univ. (TX) | 48% | 1% | 67 | -2% | 18416 | 69% | 65% |
| 44 | Stephen F. Austin State Univ. (TX)* | 49% | -11% | 840 | 0% | 10321 | 67% | 62% |
| 45 | Parker University (TX) | 78% | 0% | 28 | 15% | 24146 | 76% | 66% |
| 46 | University of North TX–Dallas (TX)* | 35% | -2% | 162 | 7% | 7562 | N/A | 76% |
| 47 | Texas Tech University (TX)* | 62% | -10% | 1387 | -6% | 12938 | 57% | 56% |
| 48 | Welch College (TN) | 44% | 19% | 14 | -10% | 19820 | 60% | 58% |
| 49 | Jackson State University (MS)* | 45% | -12% | 628 | 18% | 14909 | 85% | 89% |
| 50 | Texas Lutheran University (TX) | 55% | -14% | 99 | -4% | 16991 | 59% | 57% |
| 51 | University of Houston (TX)* | 57% | -4% | 2378 | 12% | 11961 | 60% | 57% |
| 52 | University of Texas–Austin (TX)* | 81% | -10% | 2256 | 0% | 13668 | 46% | 43% |
| 53 | Southeastern OK State Univ. (OK)* | 35% | -16% | 256 | 1% | 7249 | 67% | 67% |
| 54 | Prairie View A&M University (TX)* | 43% | -15% | 621 | 13% | 12930 | 81% | 87% |
| 55 | Centre College (KY) | 84% | -4% | 53 | 2% | 16174 | 44% | 41% |
| 56 | Le Moyne-Owen College (TN) | 23% | -14% | 81 | 17% | 9170 | 83% | 87% |
| 57 | LA State Univ.–Baton Rouge (LA)* | 68% | -15% | 892 | -6% | 12652 | 56% | 55% |
| 58 | Mississippi Univ. for Women (MS)* | 61% | -13% | 270 | 8% | 11005 | 75% | 70% |
| 59 | Jarvis Christian College (TX) | 20% | 7% | 36 | 17% | 13692 | 86% | 87% |
| 60 | University of OK–Norman (OK)* | 64% | -15% | 955 | 0% | 17951 | 53% | 53% |
| 61 | OK State University–Main (OK)* | 62% | -19% | 1075 | 0% | 10760 | 56% | 55% |
| 62 | Austin Peay State University (TN)* | 41% | -13% | 616 | 16% | 12710 | 71% | 68% |
| 63 | St. Edward's University (TX) | 61% | -4% | 287 | 11% | 20946 | 60% | 56% |
| 64 | Middle Tennessee State Univ. (TN)* | 48% | -12% | 1422 | 9% | 10942 | 67% | 64% |
| 65 | Bacone College (OK)^^ | 20% | 4% | 43 | 0% | 18374 | 78% | 78% |
| 66 | Oklahoma Baptist University (OK) | 53% | -13% | 118 | 2% | 18506 | 55% | 57% |
| 67 | University of North Texas (TX)* | 60% | -25% | 2342 | 5% | 9241 | 62% | 61% |
| 68 | Lincoln Memorial University (TN) | 60% | -12% | 112 | 6% | 12674 | 63% | 62% |
| 69 | Criswell College (TX) | 32% | -5% | 13 | 5% | 13764 | 62% | 62% |
| 70 | University of St. Thomas (TX) | 60% | -2% | 108 | 9% | 16481 | 60% | 60% |
| 71 | University of AR–Pine Bluff (AR)* | 31% | -13% | 209 | 7% | 11140 | 83% | 85% |
| 72 | Howard Payne University (TX) | 46% | -4% | 78 | -13% | 20216 | 63% | 63% |
| 73 | Johnson University (TN) | 58% | -7% | 73 | 6% | 16223 | 62% | 58% |
| 74 | University of Kentucky (KY)* | 64% | -17% | 869 | 2% | 14087 | 56% | 54% |
| 75 | University of Memphis (TN)* | 49% | -16% | 1173 | 13% | 11959 | 76% | 72% |
| 76 | University of TN–Martin (TN)* | 51% | -18% | 502 | 10% | 9451 | 69% | 61% |
| 77 | University of the Ozarks (AR) | 49% | -14% | 39 | -6% | 12257 | 62% | 60% |
| 78 | LeTourneau University (TX) | 53% | 3% | 245 | -3% | 20702 | 65% | 56% |
| 79 | Sewanee–Univ. of the South (TN) | 81% | -1% | 65 | -5% | 20572 | 44% | 41% |
| 80 | Lane College (TN) | 28% | -11% | 191 | 19% | 13483 | 85% | 89% |
| 81 | Mid-America Christian Univ. (OK) | 37% | -4% | 214 | -1% | 16854 | 73% | 73% |
| 82 | Christian Brothers University (TN) | 51% | -7% | 101 | 2% | 10528 | 67% | 59% |
| 83 | Texas A&M–Commerce (TX)* | 55% | -11% | 779 | -3% | 11198 | 72% | 68% |
| 84 | Williams Baptist University (AR) | 41% | -6% | 50 | 3% | 16828 | 62% | 59% |
| 85 | Southern Adventist University (TN) | 58% | 6% | 130 | 3% | 21323 | 60% | 53% |
| 86 | Ecclesia College (AR)^^ | 17% | 6% | 11 | -7% | 17080 | 67% | 67% |
| 87 | Lindsey Wilson College (KY) | 46% | -13% | 292 | 12% | 14702 | 69% | 65% |
| 88 | University of Tennessee (TN)* | 70% | -13% | 1167 | 8% | 14523 | 56% | 51% |
| 89 | Northwestern State Univ. of LA (LA)* | 40% | -12% | 463 | 1% | 11632 | 75% | 70% |
| 90 | Art Institute of San Antonio (TX)° | 24% | 1% | 62 | 1% | 21419 | 72% | 70% |
| 91 | University of Central Oklahoma (OK)* | 43% | -9% | 748 | 0% | 14615 | 68% | 62% |
| 92 | Art Institute of Houston (TX) | 22% | -3% | 111 | -1% | 21275 | 72% | 75% |
| 93 | Tarleton State University (TX)* | 56% | -9% | 793 | -7% | 17117 | 65% | 63% |
| 94 | Tennessee Technological Univ. (TN)* | 57% | -13% | 656 | 7% | 14062 | 56% | 55% |
| 95 | Arlington Baptist University (TX) | 24% | 0% | 14 | -3% | 19849 | 65% | 71% |
| 96 | Philander Smith College (AR) | 33% | -30% | 59 | 14% | 13941 | 86% | 86% |
| 97 | Thomas More College (KY) | 48% | -15% | 58 | -8% | 16862 | 60% | 57% |
| 98 | Univ. of Arkansas–Fort Smith (AR)* | 35% | -10% | 317 | -5% | 8955 | 68% | 61% |
| 99 | Southwestern OK State Univ. (OK)* | 40% | -10% | 202 | -2% | 10852 | 61% | 59% |
| 100 | Tennessee State University (TN)* | 41% | -16% | 536 | 6% | 10874 | 82% | 85% |
| 101 | Rhodes College (TN) | 82% | -7% | 70 | -3% | 17965 | 46% | 39% |
| 102 | McMurry University (TX) | 39% | -10% | 100 | 1% | 19481 | 67% | 63% |
| 103 | Henderson State University (AR)* | 37% | -14% | 248 | 12% | 12448 | 73% | 65% |
| 104 | Kentucky State University (KY)* | 28% | -11% | 126 | -5% | 7444 | 85% | 79% |
| 105 | Texas College (TX) | 16% | 10% | 52 | 2% | 16108 | 84% | 84% |
| 106 | Trinity University (TX) | 79% | -16% | 84 | -4% | 14852 | 36% | 40% |
| 107 | Brescia University (KY) | 37% | -8% | 57 | 5% | 11892 | 66% | 59% |
| 108 | Bethel University (TN) | 45% | -9% | 614 | -2% | 15130 | 74% | 68% |
| 109 | Arkansas Tech University (AR)* | 46% | -20% | 502 | -3% | 10946 | 68% | 63% |
| 110 | Carson-Newman College (TN) | 51% | -12% | 127 | 10% | 16363 | 59% | 57% |
| 111 | Dallas Christian College (TX) | 28% | 10% | 19 | -10% | 28236 | 69% | 72% |
| 112 | Wayland Baptist University (TX) | 47% | -9% | 259 | -5% | 22665 | 71% | 67% |
| 113 | University of Southern MS (MS)* | 50% | -23% | 964 | 14% | 13280 | 74% | 69% |
| 114 | Cumberland University (TN) | 61% | -15% | 107 | -8% | 23263 | 61% | 62% |
| 115 | Murray State University (KY)* | 55% | -21% | 504 | 2% | 10191 | 63% | 57% |
| 116 | University of TN–Southern (TN)* | 37% | -9% | 87 | 6% | 17596 | 66% | 58% |
| 117 | Louisiana College (LA) | 39% | -14% | 59 | 1% | 12931 | 67% | 63% |
| 118 | Langston University (OK)* | 25% | -7% | 135 | 14% | 12433 | 84% | 84% |
| 119 | University of Dallas (TX) | 68% | -17% | 58 | 1% | 17300 | 46% | 47% |
| 120 | Asbury University (KY) | 62% | -11% | 107 | 4% | 22858 | 56% | 55% |
| 121 | University of Texas–Dallas (TX)* | 69% | -4% | 1001 | 20% | 11832 | 55% | 43% |
| 122 | Dillard University (LA) | 43% | -16% | 165 | 10% | 17127 | 84% | 83% |
| 123 | Hendrix College (AR) | 78% | -16% | 70 | 11% | 14788 | 44% | 40% |
| 124 | Transylvania University (KY) | 74% | -5% | 63 | 3% | 20686 | 49% | 43% |
| 125 | Texas Wesleyan University (TX) | 46% | 5% | 156 | 3% | 21134 | 73% | 64% |
| 126 | Randall University (OK) | 38% | -15% | 14 | 4% | 15117 | 70% | 71% |
| 127 | University of Pikeville (KY) | 54% | -20% | 342 | 6% | 15468 | 69% | 62% |
| 128 | Texas Christian University (TX) | 79% | -5% | 272 | -9% | 26484 | 48% | 47% |
| 129 | Southwestern Assemb. of God U. (TX) | 43% | -8% | 132 | 11% | 23636 | 68% | 65% |
| 130 | OK Panhandle State Univ. (OK)* | 27% | -6% | 42 | -12% | 8330 | 66% | 62% |
| 131 | Southwestern University (TX) | 73% | -7% | 81 | -6% | 21674 | 44% | 46% |
| 132 | Eastern Kentucky University (KY)* | 48% | -18% | 836 | 6% | 12453 | 67% | 62% |
| 133 | Blue Mountain College (MS) | 54% | -25% | 52 | 5% | 11360 | 72% | 58% |
| 134 | Southeastern Louisiana Univ. (LA)* | 42% | -17% | 509 | -2% | 11057 | 68% | 65% |
| 135 | Bellarmine University (KY) | 66% | -12% | 120 | -3% | 21004 | 50% | 51% |
| 136 | Central Baptist College (AR) | 32% | -8% | 36 | -5% | 15164 | 71% | 63% |
| 137 | Houston Baptist University (TX) | 44% | -12% | 153 | 9% | 18667 | 63% | 61% |
| 138 | Austin College (TX) | 70% | -7% | 75 | 2% | 17629 | 50% | 46% |
| 139 | LA State Univ.–Alexandria (LA)* | 28% | -11% | 103 | -12% | 7096 | 73% | 67% |
| 140 | Univ. of TN–Chattanooga (TN)* | 50% | -8% | 577 | 4% | 11082 | 64% | 57% |
| 141 | Southwestern Christian Univ. (OK)^^ | 35% | -12% | 75 | -6% | 15569 | 72% | 68% |
| 142 | Tusculum College (TN) | 38% | -13% | 99 | 11% | 15660 | 70% | 65% |
| 143 | Cameron University (OK)* | 22% | -16% | 178 | 4% | 7732 | 71% | 70% |
| 144 | Oklahoma City University (OK) | 68% | -12% | 98 | -2% | 19713 | 54% | 51% |
| 145 | University of Louisville (KY)* | 53% | -14% | 736 | 1% | 14342 | 62% | 59% |
| 146 | Belmont University (TN) | 71% | -11% | 200 | -3% | 26387 | 47% | 49% |
| 147 | McNeese State University (LA)* | 45% | -13% | 292 | -7% | 10636 | 70% | 63% |
| 148 | LA State Univ.–Shreveport (LA)* | 35% | -11% | 147 | 0% | 8250 | 75% | 66% |
| 149 | Freed-Hardeman University (TN) | 56% | -20% | 81 | 3% | 14650 | 56% | 54% |
| 150 | Art Institute of Austin (TX) | 20% | -2% | 97 | -2% | 23383 | 72% | 71% |
| 151 | Morehead State University (KY)* | 48% | -17% | 475 | 0% | 11005 | 71% | 59% |
| 152 | Lamar University (TX)* | 38% | -16% | 514 | -1% | 10650 | 73% | 71% |
| 153 | Northern Kentucky University (KY)* | 46% | -18% | 545 | -3% | 6660 | 64% | 61% |
| 154 | Delta State University (MS)* | 40% | -11% | 207 | -8% | 12027 | 73% | 66% |
| 155 | Paul Quinn College (TX) | 14% | -29% | 12 | 18% | 13375 | 86% | 83% |
| 156 | St. Mary's University (TX) | 60% | -12% | 253 | 12% | 17077 | 67% | 57% |
| 157 | William Carey University (MS) | 55% | -8% | 281 | 5% | 15976 | 77% | 69% |
| 158 | Univ. of Science & Arts of Okla. (OK)* | 41% | -28% | 47 | -8% | 6757 | 67% | 63% |
| 159 | Angelo State University (TX)* | 40% | -13% | 355 | -12% | 11042 | 64% | 62% |
| 160 | Kentucky Wesleyan College (KY) | 41% | -14% | 54 | 10% | 20588 | 62% | 56% |
| 161 | Millsaps College (MS) | 67% | -4% | 35 | -16% | 20001 | 56% | 54% |
| 162 | Huston-Tillotson University (TX) | 28% | -19% | 66 | 7% | 16053 | 82% | 81% |
| 163 | East Tennessee State University (TN)* | 50% | -20% | 767 | 11% | 11193 | 66% | 60% |
| 164 | Oral Roberts University (OK) | 46% | -14% | 157 | 4% | 19241 | 65% | 65% |
| 165 | Trevecca Nazarene University (TN) | 53% | -12% | 149 | -2% | 15526 | 58% | 60% |
| 166 | Nicholls State University (LA)* | 46% | -20% | 244 | 0% | 10708 | 69% | 64% |
| 167 | Southern Methodist University (TX) | 79% | -9% | 241 | -1% | 27672 | 50% | 43% |
| 168 | East Texas Baptist University (TX) | 38% | -11% | 83 | -1% | 20179 | 64% | 61% |
| 169 | Harding University (AR) | 65% | -16% | 204 | -7% | 16333 | 53% | 50% |
| 170 | Southern Nazarene University (OK) | 41% | -24% | 38 | 4% | 16177 | 62% | 61% |
| 171 | University of LA–Monroe (LA)* | 46% | -16% | 354 | -4% | 9659 | 71% | 68% |
| 172 | Our Lady of the Lake San Antonio (TX) | 48% | -6% | 174 | 11% | 16930 | 72% | 67% |
| 173 | Oklahoma Christian University (OK) | 51% | -14% | 75 | -4% | 17035 | 48% | 51% |
| 174 | Loyola University–New Orleans (LA) | 58% | -14% | 171 | 2% | 17547 | 61% | 58% |
| 175 | Southern Univ./A&M College (LA)* | 36% | -16% | 319 | 7% | 16163 | 85% | 89% |
| 176 | Univ. of Mary Hardin–Baylor (TX) | 48% | -14% | 205 | 4% | 23965 | 59% | 60% |
| 177 | Hallmark University (TX) | 44% | -14% | 17 | 7% | 10258 | 69% | 61% |
| 178 | University of Mississippi (MS)* | 63% | -20% | 1077 | -3% | 10830 | 65% | 55% |
| 179 | Maryville College (TN) | 57% | -15% | 91 | 3% | 16289 | 56% | 50% |
| 180 | Texas Southern University (TX)* | 29% | -9% | 466 | 12% | 19094 | 85% | 88% |
| 181 | Xavier University of Louisiana (LA) | 46% | -21% | 183 | 13% | 18694 | 79% | 74% |
| 182 | Rogers State University (OK)* | 23% | -12% | 114 | -2% | 13588 | 71% | 63% |
| 183 | Lee University (TN) | 53% | -16% | 226 | 6% | 16188 | 65% | 54% |
| 184 | Crowley's Ridge College (AR) | 38% | -7% | 20 | 2% | 13402 | 70% | 59% |
| 185 | Southern Univ. at New Orleans (LA)* | 34% | -22% | 167 | -1% | 8888 | 85% | 87% |
| 186 | Midway University (KY) | 41% | -1% | 77 | 3% | 20817 | 71% | 62% |
| 187 | Union College (KY) | 35% | -17% | 68 | 5% | 16673 | 70% | 66% |
| 188 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (TX)* | 46% | -11% | 597 | 5% | 16222 | 67% | 64% |
| 189 | Texas A&M–Kingsville (TX)* | 45% | -13% | 531 | 4% | 12079 | 69% | 66% |
| 190 | South College (TN) | 35% | 1% | 91 | 5% | 17571 | 71% | 69% |
| 191 | University of Arkansas (AR)* | 63% | -19% | 896 | -5% | 13472 | 58% | 52% |
| 192 | Schreiner University (TX) | 52% | -5% | 72 | -4% | 22629 | 60% | 57% |
| 193 | University of New Orleans (LA)* | 41% | -5% | 342 | -4% | 10495 | 68% | 63% |
| 194 | Campbellsville University (KY) | 39% | -18% | 168 | -8% | 17608 | 66% | 64% |
| 195 | University of Central Arkansas (AR)* | 44% | -19% | 482 | 12% | 14415 | 69% | 63% |
| 196 | Univ. of the Incarnate Word (TX) | 53% | -8% | 497 | 1% | 22213 | 70% | 66% |
| 197 | So. Arkansas Univ.–Main (AR)* | 40% | -17% | 199 | 7% | 13653 | 73% | 63% |
| 198 | Spalding University (KY) | 44% | -17% | 116 | 0% | 21968 | 73% | 62% |
| 199 | Arkansas State Univ. (AR)* | 50% | -21% | 700 | 7% | 12262 | 73% | 64% |
| 200 | University of LA–Lafayette (LA)* | 52% | -19% | 677 | -3% | 10631 | 66% | 61% |
| 201 | Concordia University–Texas (TX) | 46% | -16% | 117 | 1% | 21424 | 64% | 61% |
| 202 | Dallas Baptist University (TX) | 57% | -16% | 123 | -4% | 23767 | 64% | 58% |
| 203 | Abilene Christian University (TX) | 63% | -14% | 144 | -9% | 25020 | 53% | 53% |
| 204 | Western Kentucky University (KY)* | 48% | -21% | 817 | 0% | 12393 | 68% | 61% |
| 205 | Univ. of Arkansas—Monticello (AR)* | 31% | -32% | 120 | 4% | 10589 | 73% | 70% |
| 206 | Kentucky Christian University (KY) | 26% | -14% | 27 | -15% | 18672 | 68% | 65% |
| 207 | Hardin-Simmons University (TX) | 50% | -21% | 100 | -1% | 17792 | 64% | 58% |
| 208 | Miami Int. U. of Art/Design–Art Inst. Dallas (TX) | 19% | -12% | 65 | 1% | 21380 | 76% | 72% |
| 209 | Centenary College of Louisiana (LA) | 53% | -10% | 44 | -7% | 20811 | 52% | 51% |
| 210 | Georgetown College (KY) | 55% | -14% | 65 | -7% | 15756 | 59% | 49% |
| 211 | Louisiana Tech University (LA)* | 49% | -17% | 298 | -11% | 9420 | 61% | 56% |
| 212 | Union University (TN) | 67% | -16% | 200 | 2% | 27510 | 54% | 55% |
| 213 | Belhaven University (MS) | 42% | -11% | 205 | -3% | 16458 | 76% | 73% |
| 214 | Ouachita Baptist University (AR) | 65% | -22% | 83 | -11% | 17327 | 51% | 47% |
| 215 | University of Tulsa (OK) | 70% | -20% | 102 | -3% | 18680 | 47% | 48% |
| 216 | Baylor University (TX) | 76% | -13% | 564 | 0% | 28226 | 53% | 46% |
| 217 | South University–Austin (TX)° | 22% | 0% | 13 | -11% | 23485 | 77% | 73% |
| 218 | Mississippi State University (MS)* | 60% | -24% | 999 | 2% | 14813 | 66% | 57% |
| 219 | University of Holy Cross (LA) | 39% | -35% | 51 | -12% | 13355 | 73% | 70% |
| 220 | Lyon College (AR) | 47% | -2% | 51 | -3% | 16583 | 58% | 53% |
| 221 | Lubbock Christian University (TX) | 53% | -21% | 126 | 3% | 22552 | 64% | 56% |
| 222 | Lipscomb University (TN) | 61% | -15% | 144 | -3% | 22088 | 51% | 50% |
| 223 | Amer. InterContinental U.–Houston (TX) | 29% | -26% | 36 | 7% | 15186 | 80% | 83% |
| 224 | University of AR–Little Rock (AR)* | 39% | -29% | 475 | -2% | 13814 | 74% | 72% |
| 225 | Fisk University (TN) | 37% | -26% | 52 | 16% | 24140 | 86% | 80% |
| 226 | Tulane University (LA) | 67% | -8% | 202 | -11% | 21504 | 55% | 44% |
| 227 | Mississippi College (MS) | 53% | -25% | 180 | -8% | 15659 | 70% | 55% |